CentOS panel is good, but of course, it wants you to use CentOS. I have one of those running and it's definitely a kitchen-sink type panel. It's less like cPanel and more like WHM. You can use it if you want to create separate accounts for different projects that have their own individual logins with their own account panels etc. You could be more like a shared web host on this one. Here is my panel:

For a simpler panel I've enjoyed using Vesta. You can also set up multiple accounts here, but the core feature set is more tame and easier to get around. My panel is down cause I've been migrating sites to another host. This screenshot is from their website:

My favorite panel for single user, not for 'shared hosting/multiple accounts', is Webmin. This is as much for hosting as it is for server management. It's a general panel for managing the server itself, but throwing in php, mysql, apache and stuff is also something it can do. Here is my panel:
The default style is a big horrid so I highly suggest changing to the style I've got here.

One very important feature of Webmin is that they don't change or alter how software installs by default. In other words they don't move config files or default folder locations around or lock you out of editing things from the command line. I believe you can even install it on top of a server that's already configured with stuff, while the other panels insist on being installed on a fresh server and they control all software installing and configuring.
With Webmin, all configs are in default locations and you can edit them with or without using the Webmin panel. In this case, it merely acts as a visual GUI with everything else running in its default state under the hood.

If I just want a general server GUI and hosting one web location, it's Webmin. If I need a bunch of separate web projects, I'd go with Vesta. Go with CentOS if your idea of a relaxing weekend is configuring WHM/cPanel.

@scottalanmiller
Vesta always ran very smooth for me, all defaults. Probably ran it a half dozen times on different servers from DO, VULTR, and local VMs.

The only problem I had with my last one is after running for 2 years solid with no issues, it started doing this weird thing with auto backups where it "started" the backup and never ended, just kept creating temp files until my whole drive was full and caused the server to halt.
I would delete all the temp files to get the server back up, but then the backup would begin running again and fill it up again. I tried a lot of stuff to fix but nothing worked, I just had to disable backups entirely.

One thing I did like, which is NOT like cPanel, is that I could create a MySQL DB, User, and Pass, in one go, one screen. That was slick.

I have been reading through the Sentora forum, I would probably stay away from that panel for now, their main developer recently left due to getting bashed and I think he had enough. There are threads about the project using some insecure code from the zpanel project, thought I would give you heads up on that one. http://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=722bc323a024d15a407baae81&id=4725051e38

I have been reading through the Sentora forum, I would probably stay away from that panel for now, their main developer recently left due to getting bashed and I think he had enough. There are threads about the project using some insecure code from the zpanel project, thought I would give you heads up on that one. http://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=722bc323a024d15a407baae81&id=4725051e38

I installed Vesta this morning while waiting for other things to happen. I really like it so far, and I should have my personal domain pointing to it here shortly. It was nice to have DNS working out of the box. For some reason I always seem to struggle with named configs.

I installed Vesta this morning while waiting for other things to happen. I really like it so far, and I should have my personal domain pointing to it here shortly. It was nice to have DNS working out of the box. For some reason I always seem to struggle with named configs.

It's definitely nice and super fast. I'm not sure if I like it controlling all of the configs, though. I have this feeling that it might be easier to just do without the control panel since they all lack the installers and things like the GUI based file management tools.

You might be happiest with Webmin then. it's not a LAMP panel, it's just a general server management GUI. Almost everything you do in it just translates to a standard console command and most output you see when running things is the same command line output.

Here is editing the php.ini file:

And here is if I click the little edit manually button, just raw config.

Here is adding a virtual host in Apache:

It has a file manager:

Most everything is either a simple GUI to edit, and/or gives raw text editor for configs. You can even create "custom commands" which can then be ran as needed with a button.

I only used Vesta when I wanted a point-n-click simple web server with one or more sites on it. With Webmin, I've set up Samba shared to Windows, copied SSH keys, set up cron jobs and view stats. It's better as a server manager.

@scottalanmiller If that's so, check out AMPPS http://www.ampps.com/LAMP
It will install the common LAMP stack with a few extra goodies, but includes Softaculous app installer for free.
If you want a server to act as more a "deploy apps on the fly" server, this might be a good option.
Sometimes if I want to test something on Wordpress or try any app they have, I can just go in and install with a few clicks, do my thing, and then destroy the app after.

I have never used a panel before. I experimented once because people kept raving about it. Think I was trying to set up a database or something. It was too counter-intuitive and I couldn't figure out how to use it. I've used cli ever since.

I haven't used it and I don't know much about it, but it stuck out. It looks like there's a free version, and a professional version that adds support.

From their website:

"Virtualmin is a web hosting control panel, designed to make it easy to manage websites, mailbox users, databases, and web applications. It provides website owner accounts, easily installable web applications, file management, and a comprehensive and easy to use API for integration with billing and support systems. Installing Virtualmin provides a full-featured web hosting stack with web, email, databases, spam and antivirus filtering, analytics, and much more. Virtualmin is the easiest and fastest way to turn a Linux system into a full-featured web hosting system, and it is fully integrated with Webmin."

I have never used a panel before. I experimented once because people kept raving about it. Think I was trying to set up a database or something. It was too counter-intuitive and I couldn't figure out how to use it. I've used cli ever since.

I have never used a panel before. I experimented once because people kept raving about it. Think I was trying to set up a database or something. It was too counter-intuitive and I couldn't figure out how to use it. I've used cli ever since.

Yeah. I used cPanel with ASO and it wasn't horrible. But not great.

I tend to agree with you on cPanel. It works, but isn't the most logically laid out imo.